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Muster In: April 18621
Muster Out: Captured as part of Walker’s artillery column on April 8, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Captain Edward H. Guess
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was in Richmond area by Spring of 1864. Not sure why Sibley doesn’t list the unit earlier. More research is needed.
Second Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was in Richmond area by Spring of 1864. Not sure why Sibley doesn’t list the unit earlier. More research is needed.
Third Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was in Richmond area by Spring of 1864. Not sure why Sibley doesn’t list the unit earlier. More research is needed.
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was in Richmond area by Spring of 1864. Not sure why Sibley doesn’t list the unit earlier. More research is needed.
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was in Richmond area by Spring of 1864. Not sure why Sibley doesn’t list the unit earlier. More research is needed.
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was in Richmond area by Spring of 1864. Not sure why Sibley doesn’t list the unit earlier. More research is needed.
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: 9th GA Artillery Battalion | Artillery Defenses | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army3,4
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- Note: The 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion had been in the Richmond area since the Spring of 1864, I think. Why doesn’t Sibley list these five batteries earlier than November 1864? More research is needed.
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: 9th GA Artillery Battalion | Artillery Defenses | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army7,8
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: 9th GA Artillery Battalion | Artillery Defenses | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army11,12
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles15:
- Petersburg Siege (June 1864-April 1865)
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
Sources:
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 117-118 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 117-118 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 161 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 170 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 161 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 170 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 179 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 188 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 179 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 188 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 197 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 197 ↩
- The Confederate Order of Battle, Volume 1: The Army of Northern Virginia by F. Ray Sibley, Jr., page 207 ↩
- Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and Georgia by Stewart Sifakis, pp. 117-118 ↩